Drying rack



Jan. 16, 1923. 1,442,090.

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UNITED STATES P.

1 l 1,442,096 ATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE W. PAGE, OF WELLINGTON, OHIO, AND STANLEY 3. PAGE, OF DETROIT,

MICHIGAN.

. 111 E DRYING 1101:.

Application filed 11 1111125, 1921. Serial 170,464,421. i j. r

T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, Gnonen W. PAGE and STANLEY B. Pacn, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Wellington, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, and at Detroit, in the county of'Wayne and State of Michigan, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatestoa drying rack in which a series of arms radiate froma holding bracket, the arms being individually movable to and from closed or open position.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable form of holding means to prevent accidental longitudinal movement of the arms.

A further object of the invention is to pro-' vide a form of suspension ofthe arms by which a flat wooden rod may be maintained Withthe plane of its flat surfaces substantially vertical. i I

With these and other objects in view which will more fully appear in the specification, the invention consists of the features of construction, the parts and combinations thereof, and the mode of operation, or their equivalents as hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a preferred form of the invention, the arms being removed; i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the arms also being removed; 1

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View, parts being in section;

Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken at one side of the central partition member show ing an arm in a horizontal operative position in full lines and in a vertical inoperative position in dotted lines;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the arms detached from the bracket member;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the arm;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the metallic end piece detached from the wooden arm; and

Fig. 8 is a vertical section on VIII-VIII of Fig. 7.

The bracket portion of the clothes drier the line edges bent rearwardly to form a peripheral means of one or more lugs 13 on its rear edge, each lug passing through a slot in the base plate and being bent to one sideto pre vent withdrawal therefrom. At the upper end of the base plate 10 is formed a keyhole slot 14;- and spaced therefrom at, a lower point in line with the partition member 12, isa second keyhole slot 15. The partition member 12 has extensions 16 and 17 on its rear edge curved as shown in Fig. 3 and each extension is provided with a keyhole slot to register with a slot in the base plate. The keyhole slots in the base and in the partition extensions engage screws 18 and 19= .secured' to the wall or any suitable supportsite sides of the lower end of the base plate 10 and the middle of the semi-circular rod 20 passes through a perforation 22 in the partition member 12,-.the arrangement being such that the rod 20 lies 1H3. substantially horizontal plane.

A plurality of wooden arms 23, preferably rectangular in cross section, are each provided with means whereby they may be attached to the supporting rod 20. In the form shown in thedrawing, this means consists of a metallic end .piece 24. which may be conveniently formed of sheet metal, bent as shown in Fig. 8 to form bottom flanges 25 and top flanges 26 spaced by a web 27. The end of each wooden arm has a kerf formed-- therein substantially parallel with its fiat faces and the web 27 of the metallic end piece maybe inserted into the "kerf and-secured therein in any suitable manner. The end of the metallic end piece remote from the wooden arm'is formed with a notch 28 having substantially parallel sides at right angles to the axis of the arm, the notch being adapted for engagement with a semi-circular supporting bracket member 29 secured to the base plate 10 with its lower edge slightly below the plane of'the lower edge of the curved supporting member 20.

Closely adjacent to the end of the wooden arm, the web member 27 hasformed therein an L-shaped perforation 30, the upright leg 31 of the L being spaced from the notch 28 at a distance such that when the support-- ing rod 20 lies in the upper end of the portion 81 of the perforation 30, the notch 28 wil-l-bein position to engage thelower edge of the bracket 29. When an arm 23 is lifted to bring the rod 20 into the lower portion of the perforation 80, the arm-may be tilted to cause the notch 28 to. become disengaged from the lower edge of the bracket 29. The arm 23 may then be pulled longitudinally of its axis to bring the notched end of the metallic end 24 from beneath the bracket 29, whereupon the arm may be dropped to rest in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

When the arm hangs in the position shown in full lines in Fig.4, with the rod 20 in the upper end 31 of the L-shaped perfora-v tion and the notched end 28 in engagement with the lower end of thebracket 29, the flat arm 23 will be maintained with the planeof its flat sides substantially perpendicular, the point of suspension being above its center of gravity.

A semi-circular shield or support 32 has its ends bent at 33 around the flanges 11 at opposite sides of the base plate 10 and the central portion of the curved shield 32 engages in a notch 3% formed in the front edge of the partition member 12. The member 32 hides the metallic end members 24: when they are in the vertical position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4t, and it also acts by its engagement with the notch 3t to prevent sidewise movement of the partition member 12. 7

It will be seen that the arms 23 are individually adjustable from operative to inoperative positionand it will also be obvious that longitudinal pull upon an arm 23 will be resisted by the engagement of thenotohed end 28 with the bracket 29 and also by the engagement of the L.-shaped perforation 30 with the supporting rod 20.

From the above description, it will be apparent that there is thus provided. a device of the character describedpossessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, details of construction, and arrangement of parts without. departure from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute, the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural features, it is to be understood that the i vention is not limited to the specific details shown but that the means and construction herein disclosed comprise but one of several modes of putting the invention into effect, and the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appended claims.

WV'e claim:

1. A drying rack comprising a base, a partition member secured thereto and .extending substantially at right angles to the plane of the base, a semi-circular supporting rod passing through a perforation in the partition member and having its ends engaged in the base, a semi-cylindrical bracket member secured to the base substantially concentric with the supporting rod and a plurality of arms having L-shaped perforations through which the supporting rod passesand each having formed at the inner end a notch adapted to engage the lower edge of the bracket member, the arrangement being such that when the arm is substantially horizontal the supporting rod will lie at the upper end of the vertical portion of the L-shaped perforation and the end of the arm will engage at its notch with the lower edge of the bracket member at a lower horizontal plane than that of the supporting rod.

2. A metallic end, piece for an armofa drying rack consisting of a piexce offmetal, formedv with a web having oppositely pro-' jecting flanges at each edge thereof, theweb having v an L-shaped' perforation therein, one legof the L being substantially parallel with the axis of the end piece and the other leg lying transversely of the axis,

the metal being provided atone end witha notch having the outer end wall substantially perpendicular to the axis of the end piece.

In testimony whereof we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

enonen w; PAGE. I V

STANLEY B. PAGE.

\Vitnesses to the signature of George W. Page:

EDNA WRIGHT, ROBERT L. WALnnN.

WVitnesses as to signature of Stanley B. Pa e:

b ARTHUR MINNICK,

CHAs. W. Summons..- 

